E. coli outbreak resources from NY Times

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/e/e_coli_bacteria/index.html

tidbits from the metagenome

tidbits from June'11 issue of Microbe

- "metagenomic analysis suggests fourth domain within tree of life"

- gut microbiome contains 3.3 million genes!! Humans have ~20-30K so as the article points out human genes account for less that 1% of the gene types that are active in the body.

Bio321 Blog

Welcome to the Bio321 blog. I'll be using this to enhance the course by bringing different articles, etc. to your attention.

Here's a test of a few features so ignore this

a link to the HMP

a linked picture from the HMP

an inserted YouTube video